Justin Rose went to nice lengths to safe a spot at Royal Troon, and it paid off on Tuesday when he posted rounds of 66-68 to be amongst 16 gamers who certified at 4 hyperlinks programs for the British Open.
Sergio Garcia missed out for the second straight yr, as solely two LIV Golf gamers certified. The British Open begins from July 18–21 at Royal Troon.
Rose has been exempt for the higher a part of twenty years and most lately received the AT&T Pebble Seaside a yr in the past. However this yr has been a battle for the 43-year-old Englishman, who dropped out of the highest 50 on this planet rating.
He figured his most suitable choice was 36 holes of qualifying within the U.Ok.
“You sort of take it as a right,” Rose stated. “As you get just a little older, issues get just a little more durable. It makes you admire how particular The Open is.”
Rose was co-medalist at Burnham and Berrow with Dominic Clemons of England, who performed school golf final yr at Stetson and lately signed with Alabama. Abraham Ancer of LIV Golf and Charlie Lindh of Sweden superior from a three-man playoff, with LIV participant Anirban Lahiri of India making bogey on the primary further gap.
Garcia was amongst eight LIV Golf gamers who didn’t qualify. Garcia had rounds of 71-70 at West Lancashire and missed the 4 qualifying spots by two photographs.
“It was powerful situations and generally issues don’t at all times go your approach,” he stated. “I attempted all the things I might and that’s all I can ask of myself.”
Sam Horsfield of LIV Golf was among the many 4 who made it from West Lancashire, becoming a member of Matthew Dodd-Berry, Daniel Brown and Masahiro Kawamura.
Jack McDonald, who grew up about quarter-hour away from Royal Troon, received a playoff to get the ultimate spot out of Dundonald Hyperlinks and be part of Sam Hutsby, Angel Hidalgo and Irish beginner Liam Noland.
At Royal Cinque Ports, Matthew Southgate led 4 qualifiers, two of them Spanish amateurs Jaime Montojo Fernandez and Luis Masaveu, who can be competing within the European staff championship forward of the 152nd Open Championship. The fourth was Elvis Smylie.
Among the many LIV gamers who didn’t qualify at Royal Cinque Ports had been Graeme McDowell, Eugenio Chacarra and Branden Grace, whom Masaveu beat in a playoff.
That places the Open area at 149 gamers, with 10 extra spots obtainable — two from the John Deere Traditional, three from the Scottish Open, and 5 European tour gamers who’re among the many high 20 within the Race to Dubai after this week.